Terahertz Radiation Induced Spin Photocurrents in Non-Magnetic Low Dimensional Structures

• Authors: S. Ganichev , W. Prettl
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Spin photocurrents generated by homogeneous excitation with terahertz radiation in low dimensional structures are reviewed. Three microscopic mechanisms are responsible for the occurrence of an electric current linked to a uniform spin polarization in a quantum well, the circular photogalvanic effect, the spin-galvanic effect and the magneto-gyrotropic effect. These phenomena provide several methods to investigate various spin properties in low dimensional structures like details of band structure and spin relaxation time.

Keywords

EN

72.40.+w; 72.25.Fe; 78.67.-n; 73.21.Fg

Discipline

• 72.25.Fe: Optical creation of spin polarized carriers
• 73.21.Fg: Quantum wells
• 78.67.-n: Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c; for electronic transport in nanoscale structures, see 73.63.-b; for mechanical properties of nanoscale systems, see 62.25.-g)
• 72.40.+w: Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 108
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 581-608

Dates

published

2005-10

received

2005-06-04

Contributors

author

S. Ganichev

• Fakultät für Physik, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany

author

W. Prettl

• Fakultät für Physik, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.108.581